Paradoxul vremurilor noastre [The Paradox of Our Times] , de [by] Octavian Paler - from "Era Multimilor" [The Era of the Crowds] blog

Paradoxul vremurilor noastre - Era Multimilor

"" Paradoxul vremurilor noastre în istorie este că

avem clădiri mai mari, dar suflete mai mici;

autostrăzi mai largi, dar minţi mai înguste;

cheltuim mai mult, dar avem mai puţin;

cumpărăm mai mult, dar ne bucurăm mai puţin.

Avem case mai mari, dar familii mai mici;

avem mai multe accesorii, dar mai puţin timp.

Mai multe funcţii, dar mai puţină minte,

mai multe cunoştinţe, dar mai puţină judecată,

mai mulţi experţi, dar mai multe probleme,

mai multă medicină, dar mai puţină sănătate.

Bem prea mult, fumăm prea mult, cheltuim prea nesăbuit,

râdem prea puţin,

conducem prea repede,

ne enervăm prea tare,[DORIN'S emphasis]

ne culcăm prea târziu...

Ne sculăm prea obosiţi,

citim prea puţin,

ne uităm prea mult la televizor,

şi ne rugăm prea rar."

(Octavian Paler)"

Can you decipher it, translate it? 

Basically, the idea is that we do too much of the bad things, and too little of the good things, in life.

"Octavian Paler (n. 2 iulie 1926, Lisa, judeţul Făgăraş, actualmente în judeţul Braşov — d. 7 mai 2007, Bucureşti) a fost un scriitor, jurnalist, editorialist şi om politic român."

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Octavian-Paler-Ro/143391315711031?sk=info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavian_Paler

From the same Brasov County (of Romania), where Octavian Paler, my most favorite writer, was born, I show you again a maximum card with the BRAN CASTLE, where the historical Vlad Dracula has spent at least a few days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bran_Castle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_Dracula

Vlad III Dracula
Prince of Wallachia
The Ambras Castle portrait of Vlad III, ca. 1560, reputedly a copy of an original made during his lifetime.[1]
Reign	1448; 1456–1462; 1476
Born	November or December 1431[2]
Birthplace	Sighişoara, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	December 1476[2] (aged 45)
Place of death	Bucharest, Wallachia
Wives	1. unnamed noblewoman 2. Ilona Szilágyi
Offspring	1st marriage: Mihnea cel Rău 2nd marriage: Vlad Dracula IV and another son whose name remains unknown
Royal House	House of Drăculești (branch of theHouse of Basarab)
Father	Vlad II Dracul
Mother	Cneajna of Moldavia

"Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431–1476), also known by his patronymic Dracula ("son of^{[clarification needed]} (Vlad II) Dracul"), and posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler (Romanian:Vlad Țepeș pronounced [ˈvlad ˈt͡sepeʃ]) was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the incipient Ottoman conquest of the Balkans.

Vlad III spent much of his rule in campaigning efforts against the Ottoman Empire and its expansion^[3] and for the impaling of enemies.^[4] Already during his lifetime, his reputation of excessive cruelty spread abroad, to Germany and elsewhere in Europe. The total number of his victims is estimated in the tens of thousands.

The name of the vampire Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula was inspired by Vlad's patronymic.^[4]"

Contents  [hide] 1 Name 2 Early life 3 Life in Edirne 4 First reign and exile 5 Second reign 5.1 Internal policy 5.2 Raids into Transylvania 6 War with the Ottomans 6.1 Defeat 6.2 First marriage 6.3 Captivity in Hungary 6.4 Second marriage 6.5 Third reign and death 7 Legacy 7.1 Reputation for cruelty 7.2 German sources 7.3 Russian sources 7.4 Ambras Castle portrait 8 In modern popular culture 8.1 Romanian patriotism 8.2 Bram Stoker 8.3 Documentaries 8.4 In vampire films 9 See also 10 Notes 11 External links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_Dracula

Many say that Vlad Dracula made too many EXCESSES, such as in CRUELTY.

My personal opinion is that he was in a hurry to establish an intentionally fearsome/gruesome reputation, nationally and internationally.

FEAR, as a DETERRENT against criminality and foreign aggression.

Those were The Dark Ages - the democracy would not have stood a chance against invading hordes and traitorous boyars, for example.

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Do you see RED in Vlad's portrait?

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